Wyndham

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Wyndham is a small, remote town in Western Australia's far north, known as one of the state's northernmost settlements and a gateway to the Kimberley region.

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Wyndham canonical 4

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement
town
country Australia
distanceToKununurra_km approximately 100
establishedAsPortFor Kimberley region
hasAirport Wyndham Airport
hasClimate tropical savanna climate
hasIndigenousTraditionalOwners Gajirrabeng people
Miriwoong people
hasLookout Five Rivers Lookout
hasNearbyFeature Durack River
Ord River
surface form: King River

Pentecost River
hasNearbyNationalPark Parry Lagoons Nature Reserve
hasNearbyWetlands Marglu Billabong
hasPort Port of Wyndham
hasService accommodation
basic supplies
fuel
hasTouristAttraction Big Crocodile statue
Five Rivers Lookout
historicalRole port for the East Kimberley cattle industry
service town for nearby goldfields and pastoral leases
isCoastal true
isGatewayTo Kimberley region
isOneOfNorthernmostSettlementsOf Western Australia
isRemote true
isRemoteByRoad true
knownFor being one of the hottest towns in Australia
extreme heat
liesNear Cambridge Gulf
Ord River
localGovernmentArea Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley
locatedIn far north of Western Australia
locatedOnContinent Australia
nearestMajorTown Kununurra
overlooks confluence of five rivers into Cambridge Gulf
populationCategory small town
postcode 6740
primaryEconomicActivities pastoralism
port services
tourism
region Kimberley
roadAccessVia Great Northern Highway
state Western Australia
timezone Australian Western Standard Time
UTCOffset +08:00

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Durack includesTown Wyndham
Kununurra near Wyndham